Current Events > What year was Italy no longer part of the Roman Empire?

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Google says the Western Empire fell officially in 476 AD. The Eastern Empire by then had gone independent from the west, and would continue for centuries still

As a simplified, hard and fast date? 476.

By then the Empire was basically split between East and West, Constantinople had surpassed the city of Rome in importance, and a barbarian King came in, sacked the old capital, and deposed the last Western Emperor.

The full history is a long, complex series of downfalls and attempted unifications and religious schisms and all sorts of fun historical events, but if we had to filter everything down to a single date, 476 is where youd land.

buddhamonster posted...

As a simplified, hard and fast date? 476.

By then the Empire was basically split between East and West, Constantinople had surpassed the city of Rome in importance, and a barbarian King came in, sacked the old capital, and deposed the last Western Emperor.

The full history is a long, complex series of downfalls and attempted unifications and religious schisms and all sorts of fun historical events, but if we had to filter everything down to a single date, 476 is where youd land.

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Interesting. I knew that the two Empires fell at very different times, but I don't think I knew that. Italy wasn't even a unified nation-state until the 19th century, I think.